Did you spend much time standing on the skid of a Huey? If so, I can only say that's a heck of a way to make a living. I did it a short while at Fort Hood. Nowadays they took all the fun out of hot insertions by getting rid of the skid, Blackhawks have a wheel. Kids these days have no fun.
2022 New Aire 3545
Huey Pilot — Vietnam 1971-72
Author of: ACE, The Story of Lt. Col. Ace Cozzalio
and: The Aviators: Stories of Helicopter Combat in Vietnam 1971-72